Health Occupations & Professions Exploration (HOPE Camp)

HOPE Camp offers students 3 days of hands-on-activities and classes to explore a wide variety of health professions and health career opportunities while becoming familiar with the hospital and college campus settings.  Most students attending the camp are considering college to become a health professional. 

The camp is open for rural students entering 10^th- 12^th grades in fall 2013.

HOPE Camp provides students the opportunity to:

• ·         Explore a variety of health careers through interactive workshops
• ·         Learn from health professionals and college instructors/students
• ·         Identify the skills needed for careers in health care
• ·         Experience dorm living and campus life   

      Dates:                         June 23 - June 26 (check in 7-8:30pm 6/23 check out 10-11am 6/26)

Cost:                           $100 per student *

Transportation:          Student is responsible for own transportation to and from camp.  While at camp transportation will be provided.

Supplies:                    Students need to bring bedding and toiletry items, towel, swim suit any personal items needed, water bottle, medication etc.

Included:                    Room (dorm room based on double occupancy), meals, chaperones, fees for camp supplies and recreation activities.  Each student will receive a t-shirt to wear while participating.

For information about the camp please call:

Susie Munyer   701-234-6202 or e-mail at susan.munyer@sanfordhealth.org

*Scholarships are available

HOPE is offered by Sanford Health Fargo and NDSU College of Pharmacy, 

Nursing & Allied Sciences.

Be A Blogger--Earn a $1,000 Scholarship

Bank of North Dakota recruiting bloggers with $1,000 scholarships!!!

The College Planning Center at Bank of North Dakota is recruiting high school juniors and seniors; college freshmen, sophomores and juniors; and parents of high school and college students to blog about the college planning and college experience.

Ten people will be selected to blog 3-4 times each month, August 2013 – June 2014. In return, the student bloggers will receive a $1,000 college scholarship for the 2013-14 or 2014-15 academic year. For the parents selected as bloggers, the scholarship will be given to the child attending college. The scholarship can be used at any accredited college in the United States.

“Our goal is to make higher education more accessible to North Dakotans,” states Wally Erhardt, Director of the College Planning Center. “The blog will offer practical information and every day experiences for students and parents so they are more comfortable with this important step.”

Applications are being accepted until May 1, 2013. Visit the College Planning Center at the Bank of North Dakota website, banknd.nd.gov for more information and to apply. Contact Laura Fielder at 1.800.472.2166 extension 328.5653 or lentzel@nd.gov if you have questions. 

One Day Leadership Conference At Jamestown College

"Learning to Lead with Intelligent Communication"

JC's first annual student leadership conference will be held Saturday, March 23, 2013 and you are invited to join in for a day of learning & leadership skill building in a relaxed and comfortable environment.

This Leadership Conference is sponsored and hosted by the Jamestown College Student Senate.

The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. We have provided the schedule below for your convenience.

The Keynote speaker is Liz Hunt. The title of her discussion is “Differences between Intelligent and Normal Communication.” Liz is Executive Assistant to the President of Jamestown College and Communication faculty member.

Lunch will be provided by Jamestown College Admissions.

Register online for the event here. Or, you can call us at 1-800-336-2554.

Event Schedule:

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Check-In (Reiland Fine Arts Center)
10:00 a.m.	Welcome
10:15 a.m.	Keynote Address
11:00 a.m.	Campus Tours
11:45 a.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Leadership Skill Building Activity
2:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Break-Out Sessions  Communication Styles: Verbal and Nonverbal  The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly  Delegating
4:15 p.m.	Closing Session

Thinking A Career As An Electrician??? Check This Out!!!

Are you looking to become an electrician? The finest electrical workers receive their training through the National Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee (AKA JATC). It's a model education partnership which produces the best-trained and most up-to-date electrical apprentices and journeymen in the country.

There's no substitute for excellent training. The Dakotas JATC assures that skilled manpower will always be available in the rapidly growing field of electrical contracting. Electrical workers receive training in telecommunications wiring, fiber optics, fire alarms, programmable logic control, power quality, safe job practices, the National Electrical Code, and much, much more.

Over eighty-five percent of our apprentices complete the apprenticeship program and have meaningful careers as highly paid, skilled, journeymen electrical workers.

Don't delay. Find out how you can have a rewarding career in the electrical construction industry today. To apply to this amazing program simply visit: Request an Application to request an application to our program. Return the application with a copy of your birth certificate and high school or GED transcripts. You must be 18 and have a valid drives license to be employed in our program. Once your application is complete you will be eligible for an interview and placement in the program. 

Learn while earning a paycheck and avoid going in debt  thousands of dollars a year for tuition!